Catalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source Data
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AI Model Summer, Open Models, Data Lakehouse and the collision of Operational and Analytical systems.
Jul 28, 2026
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AI & ART, New Books, AI Harness Production
Jun 30, 2026
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AI Songs, Suno, The Puerto Rico Song from Saxboy
May 18, 2026
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AI Updates, Lakehouse Streaming (Iceberg/Fluss), and more!
Apr 19, 2026
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| 8/14/26 | AI Models & Agentic Harnesses, Graph Engineering, Gaming on Android Devices, Dispatch | Alex talks about what’s on his mind when it comes to tech, enjoy!Find everything Alex at AlexMerced.com | — | ||||||
| 7/28/26 | AI Model Summer, Open Models, Data Lakehouse and the collision of Operational and Analytical systems. | Alex Merced gives the update on the state of the Data & AI world after this summer. Follow Alex Merced, find all links at AlexMerced.com | — | ||||||
| 6/30/26 | AI & ART, New Books, AI Harness Production | Find everything at AlexMerced.com | — | ||||||
| 5/18/26 | AI Songs, Suno, The Puerto Rico Song from Saxboy | Alex Merced discusses his thoughts on the Virality of the AI Song, the Puerto Rico Song, the role of AI in music and whether it threatens art. | — | ||||||
| 4/19/26 | AI Updates, Lakehouse Streaming (Iceberg/Fluss), and more! | Alex Merced as always discusses his thoughts on news in the tech world including AI updates and streaming to data lakehouses. Follow Alex on Social: alexmerced.com | — | ||||||
| 1/27/26 | Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems | Alex Merced discusses the differences between different ways of customizing agent behavior and when to use which. – Agent Skills– Model Context Protocol (MCP)– Claude Projects/Custom GPTs/Gemini Gems Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com | — | ||||||
| 1/16/26 | Embracing AI Disruption and AI Tooling | Alex Merced talks about how his optimism about the Agentic AI tool and poses the question, if people can run as fast as they could before AI, instead of resenting them for it, ask yourself how much further you can now run with AI. Follow Alex on Social: AlexMerced.com The Data Lakehouse Community: https://www.datalakehousehub.com | — | ||||||
| 1/2/26 | More Thoughts on the State of AI Software Development | Alex Merced discusses more about his experience with the Google Anitgravity IDE Follow Alex Merced at AlexMerced.com | — | ||||||
| 12/23/25 | 2025 Reflections, Google Antigravity, NotebookLM, Dremio AI Agent, Pangolin Catalog, Dremioframe & Iceframe Python Libraries for Apache Iceberg | Alex Merced (AlexMerced.com) discusses:– his thoughts on thriving in 2026– His use of Google’s Antigravity– His use of NotebookLM– Dremio’s AI tools (dremio.com)– More Check out Pangolin Catalog at PangolinCatalog.org | — | ||||||
| 11/25/25 | Why do Semantic Layers matter so much? | Try the Dremio Free trial at Dremio.com/get-started Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com | — | ||||||
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| 11/18/25 | Gaming Handheld Buying Guide and New Lakehouse Free Trial | Guide to the Dremio Free Trial: https://amdatalakehouse.substack.com/p/comprehensive-hands-on-walk-through?r=h4f8p In this episode I make som suggestions on great handhelds you can buy for christmas, here is some websites of the main handheld manufacturers. Retroid: https://www.goretroid.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqmsw4dUCa7w0oODoE05TqOlQzhw8vfewFMVqVKnmF-1iL9pIt3 Anbernic: https://anbernic.com/ Konkr: https://www.ayaneo.com/product/KONKR-Pocket-FIT Mangmi: https://mangmi.com/products/mangmi-air-x XU Retro: https://www.xuretro.com/collections/frontpage Powkiddy: https://powkiddy.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorEoT89yJBBHoB2Ec0cGbfbhTZJUeOr98CnO8djuNacvOrurkR5 Trimui: https://trimui.net/?srsltid=AfmBOooJEXt2RFMBlAVNOgOC2yd9kbECIUBofoZYG4AG4o0xBgCVoip7 Miyoo: https://lomiyoo.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopurOeS9_f9m0tQPvtoYdRjov85qPbJA9dfyG_nulDI2fJzOy3T | — | ||||||
| 10/17/25 | Lakehouse Catalogs Beyond Apache Iceberg, What could they Look Like? | Alex Merced discusses different paths to a Universal Lakehouse Catalog standard and their pros and cons. Find links to books, social and more at AlexMerced.com | — | ||||||
| 9/26/25 | Understanding the role of MCP, Langchain and Agent2Agent | Alex Merced discusses the rising standards within the Agentic AI Space. Buy Alex Merced’s latest book “Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse” use discount code mercedconf25 for a 40% discount. https://www.manning.com/books/architecting-an-apache-iceberg-lakehouse Follow Alex on Social at AlexMerced.com | — | ||||||
| 9/5/25 | Enabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic Layer | Alex Merced discusses three bottlenecks in building Agentic AI Applications and how platforms like Dremio can address them. Get hands-on with Dremio at Dremio.com Find all of Alex Merced’s blogs and resources at AlexMerced.com | — | ||||||
| 6/30/25 | Why Apache Polaris will Become the Industry Standard Data Lakehouse Catalog | Past is Prologue. Alex Merced discusses lessons from the table format wars that can help predict the outcome of the catalog wars. Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com Join the #amtech channel on the Data Lakehouse Hub to discuss the podcast: https://join.slack.com/t/thedatalakehousehub/shared_invite/zt-274yc8sza-mI2zhCW8LGkOh1uxuf8T5Q | — | ||||||
| 6/11/25 | Data News: Snowflake/Databricks Announcements, Iceberg V3 | Alex Merced talks about the annoucement at Snowflake and Databricks respective conferences in particular when it comes to the lakehouse. Follow Alex: https://www.alexmerced.com/data | — | ||||||
| 5/27/25 | Data News: DuckLake, Confluent’s TableFlow, New Book! | Go to the DataLakehouseHub.com and join my Slack Community Download Free Iceberg Book: https://drmevn.fyi/podcast52725iceberg Download Free Polaris Book: https://drmevn.fyi/podcast52725Polaris | — | ||||||
| 4/6/25 | Bonus – What is MCP? (Model Context Protocol – Modern AI 101) | Alex Merced discusses modern AI and the new MCP standard and what it means. Follow Alex’s Blogs on and on Social at AlexMerced.com | — | ||||||
| 2/21/25 | Will Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake Merge? | Alex Merced discusses the idea of whether Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake could merge. Follow my blog: https://medium.alexmerced.blog | — | ||||||
| 12/30/24 | 2025, Data Lakehouse Looking Forward | Alex Merced discusses what he looks forward to in 2025 in the Data Lakehouse Space. Alex Merced Event Listings: https://lu.ma/LakehouselinkupsAlex on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alextalksdatalakehouses.fyi Alex on Twitter: https://x.com/AMdatalakehouse Alex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmerced/ | — | ||||||
| 11/5/24 | BONUS: Data Lakehouse Crash Course (Polaris, Nessie, Unity, Gravitino, Lakekeeper and more!) | Register for the catalog Course: https://drmevn.fyi/catalogcourse1024 Watch the Iceberg Crash Course: https://drmevn.fyi/icebergcourse1024 London Meetup: https://lu.ma/Lakehouselinkups Paris Meetup: https://drmevn.fyi/1120-france-meetup My Calendar of Events: https://lu.ma/Lakehouselinkups | — | ||||||
| 10/11/24 | 12 – My Experience at Apache Community Over Code (Apache Iceberg, Apache Polaris) | Alex Merced discusses going to Apache Community Over Code 2024 in Denver and discusses Apache Iceberg and Apache Polaris. Follow Alex https://alexmerced.com/data | — | ||||||
| 8/10/24 | 11 – What is Apache and the Apache Software Foundation? | Alex Merced gives a brief overview of what is and the importance of the Apache Software Foundation. | — | ||||||
| 7/26/24 | 10 – Apache Iceberg Table Maintenance | Alex Merced discusses how to maintain Apache Iceberg tables. Find all of Alex’s social links here: https://bio.alexmerced.com/data | — | ||||||
| 7/9/24 | FREE Apache Iceberg Crash Course | Register for the Course: https://bit.ly/am-2024-iceberg-live-crash-course-1 Free Copy of Apache Iceberg Book: https://bit.ly/am-iceberg-book My social and blog links: https://bio.alexmerced.com/data | — | ||||||
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Chart history for Catalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source Data
Peaked at #191 in PE, currently #191 in PE.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| PE | — | #191 | #191 | — |
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.